Google Maps Hacks: Tips & Tools for Geographic Searching and Remixing

ISBN: 0596101619
EAN: 2147483647

Year: N/A
Pages: 131

Authors: Rich Gibson, Schuyler Erle

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You Are Here: Introducing Google Maps

• Hacks 19: Introduction
• Hack 1. Get Around http://maps.google.com
• Hack 2. Find Yourself (and Others) on Google Maps
• Hack 3. Navigate the World in Your Web Browser
• Hack 4. Get the Birds-Eye View
• Hack 5. Driven to a Better User Interface
• Hack 6. Share Google Maps
• Hack 7. Inside Google Maps URLs
• Hack 8. Generate Links to Google Maps in a Spreadsheet
• Hack 9. Use del.icio.us to Keep Up with Google Maps

Introducing the Google Maps API

• Hacks 1016: Introduction
• Hack 10. Add a Google Map to Your Web Site
• Hack 11. Where Did the User Click?
• Hack 12. How Far Is That? Go Beyond Driving Directions
• Hack 13. Create a Route with a Click (or Two)
• Hack 14. Create Custom Map Markers
• Hack 15. Map a Slideshow of Your Travels
• Hack 16. How Big Is the World?

Mashing Up Google Maps

• Hacks 1728: Introduction
• Hack 17. Map the News
• Hack 18. Examine Patterns of Criminal Activity
• Hack 19. Map Local Weather Conditions
• Hack 20. Track Official Storm Reporting
• Hack 21. Track the International Space Station
• Hack 22. Witness the Effects of a Nuclear Explosion
• Hack 23. Find a Place to Live
• Hack 24. Search for Events by Location
• Hack 25. Track Your UPS Packages
• Hack 26. Follow Your Packets Across the Internet
• Hack 27. Add Google Maps to Any Web Site
• Hack 28. How Big Is That, Exactly?

On the Road with Google Maps

• Hacks 2941: Introduction
• Hack 29. Find the Best Gasoline Prices
• Hack 30. Stay Out of Traffic Jams
• Hack 31. Navigate Public Transportation
• Hack 32. Locate a Phone Number
• Hack 33. Why Your Cell Phone Doesnt Work There
• Hack 34. Publish Your Own Hiking Trail Maps
• Hack 35. Load Driving Directions into Your GPS
• Hack 36. Get Driving Directions for More Than Two Locations
• Hack 37. View Your GPS Tracklogs in Google Maps
• Hack 38. Map Your Wardriving Expeditions
• Hack 39. Track Your Every Move with Google Earth
• Hack 40. The Ghost in Google Ride Finder
• Hack 41. How Google Maps Got Me Out of a Traffic Ticket

Google Maps in Words and Pictures

• Hacks 4250: Introduction
• Hack 42. Get More out of What You Read
• Hack 43. Dont Believe Everything You Read on a Map
• Hack 44. You Got Your A9 Local in My Google Maps!
• Hack 45. Share Pictures with Your Community
• Hack 46. Browse Photography by Shooting Location
• Hack 47. Geotag Your Own Photos on Flickr
• Hack 48. Tell Your Communitys Story
• Hack 49. Generate Geocoded RSS from Any Google Map
• Hack 50. Geoblog with Google Maps in Thingster

API Tips and Tricks

• Hacks 5161: Introduction
• Hack 51. Make a Fullscreen Map the Right Way
• Hack 52. Put a Map and HTML into Your Info Windows
• Hack 53. Add Flash Applets to Your Google Maps
• Hack 54. Add a Nicer Info Window to Your Map with TLabel
• Hack 55. Put Photographs on Your Google Maps
• Hack 56. Pin Your Own Maps to Google Maps with TPhoto
• Hack 57. Do a Local Zoom with GxMagnifier
• Hack 58. Find the Right Zoom Level
• Hack 59. Show Lots of StuffQuickly
• Hack 60. Make Things Happen When the Map Moves
• Hack 61. Use the Right Developers Key Automatically

Extreme Google Maps Hacks

• Hacks 6270: Introduction
• Hack 62. Find the Latitude and Longitude of a Street Address
• Hack 63. Read and Write Markers from a MySQL Database
• Hack 64. Build Custom Icons on the Fly
• Hack 65. Add More Imagery with a WMS Interface
• Hack 66. Add Your Own Custom Map
• Hack 67. Serve Custom Map Imagery
• Hack 68. Automatically Cut and Name Custom Map Tiles
• Hack 69. Cluster Markers at High Zoom Levels
• Hack 70. Will the Kids Barf? (and Other Cool Ways to Use Google Maps)